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Brazil’s Lula to nominate deputy finance minister for key central bank role
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad ended months of uncertainty on Monday as he revealed that Gabriel Galipolo, his second-in-command at the ministry, will be nominated fo...
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National Retail Federation lowers US consumer good import forecast for first half of 2023
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Closely watched U.S. retail trade forecasters on Monday lowered their import target for the first half of 2023 and said they expect incoming ocean container v...
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US households have $500 billion in excess savings, San Francisco Fed says
(Reuters) - U.S. households still have some $500 billion in excess savings compared to before the COVID-19 pandemic that could support consumer spending late into this year, according to research publ...
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East Peoria FD promotions include historic first
EAST PEORIA, Ill. – The East Peoria Fire Department made three promotions official on Monday, one of which was a first. Veronica Marmitt was the first woman promoted to assistant chief in the de...
TJ Carson May 08, 2023
Ex-Fox News producer dismisses Delaware lawsuit against Fox, NY lawsuit pending
By Helen Coster (Reuters) - Former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg has dismissed one lawsuit accusing the cable network, parent company Fox Corp and Fox News lawyers of defamation and pressuring her ...
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Mexican president backs U.S. dollar as globe’s ‘principal currency’
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gave the U.S. dollar a vote on confidence on Monday after he was asked if a weakening greenback might spur a move to diversify Mex...
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Twitter to remove inactive accounts
(Reuters) -Social media platform Twitter Inc will remove accounts that have been inactive for several years, CEO Elon Musk said in a tweet on Monday. Musk added that users on the micro-blogging platfo...
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Twitter beats disabled worker’s lawsuit over layoffs, for now
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - A federal judge in California has tossed out a lawsuit accusing Twitter Inc of discriminating against workers with disabilities by requiring employees to report to the o...
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Texas driver charged with eight counts of manslaughter in crash
(Reuters) - A Texas man accused of mowing down a group of pedestrians with his SUV near a Brownsville homeless shelter that attends to migrants was charged on Monday with eight counts of manslaughter,...
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Euro zone inflation will slow but momentum still high: ECB’s Lane
(Reuters) - Euro zone inflation will slow sharply this year but price growth momentum remains high for now, including for underlying goods and services, European Central Bank chief economist Philip La...
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